FreeYogaTV

Happy 10th Anniversary, FreeYogaTV. New podcast premieres today, 11.22.23, to celebrate.
Ten years ago, my stepping into teaching and sharing these classes was born from a dream. I began recording my public classes in the early fall of 2013. The first full-length class I uploaded was "Yoga for Lucid Dreaming" on 11.22.13: https://youtu.be/Fzks5K_eEW0 a video based on a class I dreamt up and taught twice weekly for most of 2013. The inspiration for said class and the name came from where else but:
Once upon a dream…
That can be found at this link:

www.jandsarts.com/tenyearyoga

Head over to that page on our website if you want to read the full dream entry and a bunch more detail about the decade-long journey of FreeYogaTV.

This podcast, this episode, this repetitive seeming practice is anything but the same. Every day, the practitioner is different, so how could the practice not be changed?
My job as a "teacher," of any leader, is to become superfluous in your process as quickly as possible. Give you the tools, no strings attached.
Thank you for being on this journey with me; it's all by design, with the really really long view in mind.
My teachings can challenge patience, disappear sometimes, change unexpectedly, and that's a massive part of learning. Try taking your own class from ten years ago… let's euphimis(m)e it as a fun learning experience…There is no going back or jumping forward; aging doesn't care about our neurosis. Right in our neurosis is our path to enlightenment, the path to being present.
Teachers show us the path by walking it without holding our hand.

In A word:

Fall

The rain not falling isn't - -
A human being not being isn't - -

In screaming joyous plummeting,
I splash with you from afar,
SkyE

P.S. If you would like to find out who SkyE is and whatever happened to good 'ol St3ph3n, click this link: www.jandsarts.com/music and follow 🐇🦋

P.P.S. If you want a video of these 12 sun salutations with the audio, you can join our channel as a member and watch this podcast with a video homage from the last ten years, or you can follow this younger version of me (supposedly) in https://youtu.be/Fua8VVF96KE from 2016.

P.P.P.S. I stumbled upon this first book recommendation nearly 20 years ago in the dressing room upstairs in some ancient theater in Hollywood, CA… There was this ‘take a book, leave a book’ library, and between scenes, I found myself implementing Swami Vishnudevananda’s recommendation that if one wants to start a regular practice, start simple; 12 sun salutations each day…

Short Bib for further research:

The complete illustrated book of yoga by Swami Vishnudevananda
Dream Yoga by Andrew Holecek

And, if you’re starting to get how this works…hint: you won't find what your heart is aching for in this podcast, these videos, or even on your mat. Your unique truth yearns for a life of art. We are all artists, whether or not we have found a discipline that resonates for us in expressing ourselves.
Live the change by being alive in the waking dream with(out) me(you):
Become part of the art @
www.jandsarts.com/


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1 year ago | [YT] | 1

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After five years, it's time for a new 30 days of yoga.
Our world is becoming more isolating; it doesn’t mean we are alone. FreeYogaTV exists so that as we continue through these next few years of drastic changes; we always have a place to come together and breathe. It doesn’t matter if we are halfway around the earth from one another, or in a completely different year on the time-line of humanity. These practices are always applicable, always beneficial, and always available to us.

I will continue to release videos, as my intention is to share my own journey; authentically, on the chance that this sharing may benefit others on their own path.

This is the time to remember our practices.

This is the time to utilize what is right in front of us.

There is no other time, but; now!

Even without an internet connection or recording of anything I have done, I hope that when life is at its most challenging you can hear my voice quietly suggesting “... allow a deep breath... let the spine be nice and long... and check in with right where we are.”

We cannot change the trajectory of our world by resisting it, but we can change the way we exist. This is a time where so much feels out of our control; which is a really good thing, because the control was only an illusion in the first place.

I am constantly humbled by the power of these practices and the act of putting them out into the world. As I did for our last 30 days of yoga, 5 years ago, I have gone back and put 30 of my favorite 30 min classes together from last year into a new; Simply 30 Days of Yoga!

May we all not forget our breath, our practice, our compassion, and our shared humanity in the months and years to come.

In trust we find strength.

Until the next

Adventure well

Stephen

5 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 18

FreeYogaTV

Happy new year dear community!
Hope you have been enjoying the eight weeks of holiday yoga!
We are excited and exhausted from our big move to our new space.
We have to take a little break to settle in, and will resume our videos with exuberance and new-found inspiration soon.
Until then, I hope you will catch up on all the classes and workshops we have been releasing, be sure to share your inspirations; and we look forward to jumping into this new chapter with you all!
Until the next,
Adventure well,
Stephen

5 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 28

FreeYogaTV

Don't feel like doing Yoga? I hear you! Sometimes, it's not easy to motivate ourselves, but give this video a try, and see if your body might want to move after a little rest and a short teaching...

5 years ago | [YT] | 4

FreeYogaTV

I hope you can set aside 30 min to join me on a mountain top for our special Simply Yoga Asana this week!

5 years ago | [YT] | 3